Panel for metal lockers.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. R. W. JEFFBRIS. PANEL vFOR METAL LOGKERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1804.

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PANEL FOR METAL LOGKERS.

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PATBNTED JAN. 30, 1906.

R. W. JBFFERIS. PANEL FOR METAL LOGKERS.

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Be it known that l, literati-inn W. JEFFERIS, of Camden, county 01"Camden, and State of New Jersey, have invented on Improvement in Panelsfor Metal Lockers, of which the folltwsing is a. speciiieation.

My invention relates to the eonstruetion of panels tor metal lockers,and may he used for the side panels, doors, besed'rarrws, or other partsof the locker.

l .m panel usually consists or an outer lace, to which is secured asheet of ordinary sheet metal having one or more openings in body, overwhich reticulated metal is ar ranged ands uredatthe edges. A psrtotmyimprovement elute to the .means for securing the sheet metal and thereticulated metal firmly together without the use ol rivets, whereby avery neat, light, and strong panel is obtained. While an outer metalframe is usually employed to give greater strength and rigidity, it isnot essential, and in some cases, purticulinl in doors, it may beoinitted,the outer edges being strengthened h bending the sheet metalupon itself.

In the acoonmanying drawings, Figure l a front e evuti on of a set oftwo metal lockers emboijlying my invention, the door of one locker beingremoved. Fig. 2 is a. side elevation of the. locker. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal rtical sectional View on the line is A of Fig.

the line B B o Fig. l, enlarged; and Fig. 5 is a tra 'isverse section ofone of the panels, enlarged. I

The locker composed of side panels (1 a base-piece b, topn, back (I, anddoor 6. The side panels, base, and door are preferably formed with anouter frame of angle-irons m. The top is usually formed of sheet metaland the hack of reticulated or plain sheet metal.

The present invcntion relates particularly to the construction of thesurface of the pan-- els, 6&2, and while i have shown this .eonstructioncombined Withouter metal frames m, formed of angle-irons, I do not meanto limit myself thereto, as the particular con strnction or use of theouter frame not niaii-i'ial to any invention.

A sheet of ordinary sheet metal f sel'lllfll at its outer edges to thenngrlwirons or metal l'rinr either by bending it over the lung-es oiriveting it, ii desired. One or more large openings 9' are out in thismetal 2313s ifioation'of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 190 Serial No. 205.483.

Fig. 4 isa horizontal sectional view on- Patented. Jan. 30, 1906.

sheet, and the edges nahout the openings are bent. back. A sheet ofexpanded'metal or wornnwire it, cut to a size slightly larger than theopening in the sheet f, is laid over the opening with its outer edgesresting on the bent edges n, which are then bent back, as at i, over theedges of the expanded metal to inclose them and secure the expandedmetal sheet in place. The inclosing bends are compressed to grip theedge of the expanded metal tightly, and the extremities of the bends ofthe sheet metal are bent in, as at j, to form a rounded edge. When theopening in the sheet metal is formed with rounded corners Jr, as shown,the bent edges may be split or divided at those points, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. l, to produce the curved effect, or the metal atthe corner bends may he cut oil.

Th e panel thus formed consists of an outer border of closed sheet metaland one or more inner portions of reticulated metal carried thereby.This construction may be used for any part of the locker. In Figs. 1 and4 it is shown applied to the door, and in Figs. 2 and 4 to the sidepanels. In these, because of the greater vertical length, two openingsprovided with expanded metal are employed.

' In Fig. 4 the construction is shown applied to the base-frame, andhere a single opening is employed. It is also shown applied to the backin this ligure. The backs will, however, usually be made of plain sheetmetal or of reticulatedinetal. I

The bent edges of the sheet metal are clamped tightly upon the edges ofthe expanded metal or Woven Wire, so that no rivets or other fasteningsare required, and bending, of the edges of the reticulated metal, whichis impractical in the case of still expanded metal or heavy Woven Wiresuitable for lockers, is not necessary.

The construction is not only light and strong, but very neat andellective in appearonce.

What I claim new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A metal panel for lockers and the like, consisting of an outer metalframe composed of angle-irons and a Wall carried. by said frame andformed partly of ole-ed sheet metal and partly of reticulated ietal, theclosed portion of said well con ting" ol a coi'itinuone sheet of metalsecured at its uter edges to the angle-irons and having an openingbounded by continuous portion of sheet metal of substantial width, theedges of the sheet metal about said opening being bent back upon thebody of the sheet, and the reticulated portion consisting of A, sheet ofreticulated inetel arranged over said opening with its edges resting onthe baekWm'dly-bent edges of the closed sheet metal, said bent edgesbeing again hent forward over the ed g s oi the reticulated metal andinelosing tllQhl,

2. A metal panel for lockers and the like, consisting of outer metalframe composed of angle-irons and a Wall carried by said l't'snne andformed partly of closed sheet metal and pzn'tiy 0t reticulated metal,the closed portion of said well consisting of Lt continuous sheet oimetal secured at its outer edges 1 to the angle-irons and having anopening boundedliy a continuous portion of sheet metal of substantialWidth, the edges of the sheet metal about said opening; being bent heel;upon the body of the sheet and the reticulated portion consisting of asheet of reticulated metal arranged oversaid opening with its edgesresting on the backwardlybent edges of the closed sheet metal, said bentedges being again bent forward over the edges of the reticulated metaland inelosin them and the extremities of said bent edges being bentin asat j to form a rounded edge.

in testimony of which invention 1 hereunto set my hand.

R [C HARD W. JEFFERIS.

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Ennns'i HowARn HUNTER, R. M KELLY.

